DEVICE FOR PILING, DRYING AND STORAGE OF HAY AND STRAW IN ROUND BALES Russian patent published in 2003 - IPC

FIELD: agriculture; forage production, particularly, mechanization of forage making. SUBSTANCE: device has hover whose roof is suspended from supporting uprights with the help of ropes, blocks and winches. Winch barrel axles are installed at the same level and secured to supporting uprights and interconnected by bevel gearing or cardan joints and provided with drive for vertical motion. Hover roof has vertical guides for vertical motion over supporting uprights and horizontal guides secured to roof sides for horizontal motion of beams with the help of wheels and drive. Beams are removable and have guides for horizontal motion of telpher which is provided with grip having pins in the form of axles for round bale turning and placing to required position. Odd rows of openings formed between round bales are communicated with fan by means of branch pipes, and other pipes. Even rows of openings between round bales are communicated with vacuum pump with the help of branch pipes, other pipes, vacuum gage and vacuum cylinder. EFFECT: extended process potentialities of baled hay storage due to possible piling and accelerated drying of humid hay and straw round bales. 32 dwg